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ajross on June 16, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Do you swear in your code?

Yes, that's the source of the symbols. Some people like them, some think they're unprofessional, yada yada. But I've never once had someone try to interpret "foo" as profanity...

tjr on June 16, 2008 [–]

Possibly, though it seems somewhat more complex than that.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html

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